Memorandum-file



G. H. HOHNSBEN.

MEMORANDUM FILE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY l. 1919.

1,365,320.. Patented Jan. 11,1921.

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GEORGE H. HOHNSBEEN, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-,FIFTHS T0 JAMES D. BROWN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

MEMORANDUM-FILE.

Application filed May 1,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HoHNs- BEEN, a citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Memorandum-Files, of which the following is a speciication.

The object of my invention is to provide a memorandum le of simple construction in which the clip for holding the slips of paper in place also acts as a means for supporting the file on the wall, provision being made for preventing the accidental separation of the clip from the back plate and the release of the papers held by the clip.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a front view of a backing plate or support for the paper clip, showing the socket to receive the clip,

Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the clip lace, ready for use,

*ig. 3 shows the act of inserting the clip into the socket in the plate,

Fig. 4 is a view of the clip in place and the plate hung on the wall,

Fig. 5 is a view of a modified form of plate, the socket for the clip being positioned nearer the middle of the plate than is shown in the previous figures,

Fig. 6 is a view of the clip inserted into the socket in the backing plate of the file.

In the drawing, 2 represents the backing or plate of the file. This plate may be of any suitable material, preferably aluminum and of any suitable dimensions and shape. Fiber or wood or cardboard may be used in place of metal, if preferred. The end of the plate has a T-shaped slot therein consisting of a head part 3 and a neck 4 communicating therewith from the end of the plate. A metal clip is provided, comprising the jaws 5 normally held together by a spring 6 and having finger grips 7. The jaws 5 and one end of the spring are adapted to be inserted into the opening 3 of the T- shaped slot, while the finger grips 7 kproject Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJan. 11, 1921.

serial No. 294,019.

through the opening 4 and have holes 8 therein to receive the hook 9 for hanging the file on the wall. -When the clip is in place, the jaws 5 will bear on the outside faces of the plate 2 and when pressure is applied to the finger grip 7 these jaws will be opened-to allow the insertion of papers between them and the plate. Evidently when the clip has been put in the T-shaped slot, it cannot be separated therefrom by a direct pull on the plate 2 or any shock or jar which ordinarily would separate the plate from the clip. The device may therefore he suspended by means of the clip and there will be no danger of the papers becoming detached but whenever desired, the jaws may be separated and any paper or all of them may be removed from the clip.

n Fig. 5 I have shown a modification, which consists in providing a transverse slot 9 near the middle portion of the plate, communicating with a longitudinal and wider slot 10, the clip being inserted in these slots in the same manner as described, the linger grips projecting into the part 10 where they can be grasped by the userfor the purpose of opening the clip. The blank space on the plate above the clip may be used for advertising purposes.

I claim as my invention:

l. The combination, with a plate having a slot therein, of a spring clip having jaws for insertion into said slot upon each side of said plate, said jaws having finger grips projecting into an offset of said slot provided in said plate, said clip being locked in said slot by the engagement of its jaws with the edges of said slot on each side of its offset.

2. The combination, with a plate having a T-shaped slot therein, of a spring clip comprising jaws, a curved spring mounted thereon normally holding said jaws together, said jaws having finger grips, one of said jaws and the end of the spring thereon being inserted through the head of the slot in said plate to provide a jaw on each side of said plate and the finger grips of said plate projecting into the shank portion of said slot.

3. The combination, with a plate having a slot therein, of a spring clip having jaws for insertion into said slot, papers being gripped between said jaws and both surfaces of said plate, said jaws having linger grips for separating them against the tension of said spring to release said papers and the Walls of said slot having means engaging said Clip to prevent the separation of said clip from said plate by a downward pull on said plate. f

il. The Combination, with a plate having a T-shaped Slot in one end thereof, the shank portion of said slot extending through the edge of the end of the plate, of a spring clip, T-shaped in form, having jaws adapted to be inserted into thehead portion of said slot 10 and projecting therefrom on both sides of said plate and said Clip having a linger piece Jfor opening said jawsl which projects into the Shank portion of said slot and beyond the end of said plate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24 day of A GEORGE I rn 1919. HoI-INSBEEN. 

